Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services

The Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services provides educational leadership, program technical assistance, federal and state funding and general services that promote and fund health, nutritional daily needs of children and adults and nutrition education for all program participants through the administration of USDA Child Nutrition Services in New Hampshire schools, institutes and summer programs.

NOTICE: As of August 1, 2011, the web claiming system for all Child Nutrition Program participants will be http://nutrition.doe.nh.gov/fns. Please update any references you might have to the web claiming system.

Congratulations!
School Breakfast Challenge

Governor and Council Members Recognize 9 Top Achieving Schools in Ceremony
Marking 1st Year of the NH School Breakfast Challenge

Governor Hassan and NH Executive Council members joined representatives from 9 NH schools Friday, March 13 at an awards breakfast to mark the one- year anniversary of the NH School Breakfast Challenge.Launched in October 2013 by NH Kids Count, the NH Department of Education, New England Dairy & Food Council and the School Nutrition Association of NH, the Challenge rallied schools to increase breakfast participation by 25% over two years.

The HealthierUS School Challenge(HUSSC) announces another New Hampshire award winner!

Since the beginning of the HealthierUS School Challenge in 2004, awards have been given to schools in 49 States and the District of Columbia. As of November 19, 2014, there are 6,730 schools certified (4,591 Bronze, 1,209 Silver, 570 Gold, and 360 Gold Awards of Distinction).

Congratulations to Oyster River for their inclusion in this group! The following schools in Oyster River have achieved the Bronze Award level:

Oyster River Cooperative School District
Mast Way Elementary School (Bronze)
Moharimet Elementary School (Bronze)

Equipment Assistance Grants:

USDA is offering school food service Equipment Assistance Grants through the Bureau of Nutrition Programs and Services. The funds will be awarded using a competitive grant process and are available to schools that meet the following conditions: 1) a Free and Reduced percentage of over 50% and 2) those schools that did not benefit from funds received previously for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or the 2010 NSLP Equipment grants. The documents needed for this grant can be found on the NSLP page and include a list of schools that are eligible to write for a grant if desired. Please read the documents carefully and if you have questions, please contact either Kathryn.hodges@doe.nh.gov or cheri.white@doe.nh.gov for further information.

NEW HAMPSHIRE FARM TO SCHOOL
Portsmouth School Department gets Farm to School GrantPortsmouth, NH

Grant Type: Planning; $30,737

The CLIPPERS Farm to School project is an exciting school department initiative in Portsmouth, NH, a small, vibrant city in the Seacoast region of southern New Hampshire. Over the past several years, pioneering parents, students, community members, teachers and staff have taken the initiative on their own to bring fresh, healthy, locally grown food into our classrooms, cafeterias, and consciousness. Some schools have started gardens. Another has a student-run environmental club. Our cafeterias are composting. We're making soup from locally grown pumpkins, talking to farmers about bringing local beef into the district, and offering "Try It" days to give students a chance to discover new foods. Our challenge now is to build on this excitement, spread the good ideas across the district, and make the work sustainable over time. The funding for this grant will allow us to do the planning we need to make this dream a reality.

This new interactive tool is designed to help consumers, school nutrition professionals, child care centers, and community leaders find nutritious and budget-friendly recipes. The website includes household recipes scaled for families as well as quantity recipes for schools and child care centers. More than 400 of the large quantity recipes have been standardized by USDA and include information on how the recipe contributes toward the updated meal pattern requirements for school food service.

This resource is designed to guide schools in identifying and procuring locally grown and produced food for school nutrition programs. It includes many details vital to a successful, open, fair, and competitive process. The goal of this guide is to illustrate the many opportunities schools have to buy local products.

Tasty healthy recipes are one way to bring healthy foods into schools, worksites, child care settings, hospitals, municipalities and your home. All recipes in this cookbook are USDA approved and can be used in the National School Lunch program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination against its customers, employees, and applicants for employment on the bases of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, gender identity, religion, reprisal and, where applicable, political beliefs, marital status, familial or parental status, sexual orientation, or if all or part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program, or protected genetic information in employment or in any program or activity conducted or funded by the Department. (Not all prohibited bases will apply to all programs and/or employment activities.)

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 or (800) 845-6136 (Spanish).

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